About Kittur Village

Kittur is a large village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,961, made up of 1,505 males and 1,456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1246.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kittur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kittur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Heggadadevankote
Pincode	571116
Area (hectares)	1246.1 hectares
Population	2,961
Male Population	1,505
Female Population	1,456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kittur compares

By the 2011 count Kittur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 1246.1 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Kittur

Kittur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kittur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kittur from other places

Kittur lies about 50 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, about 42 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kittur
Tehsil headquarters	Heggadadevankote	13 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	37 km
Nearest railway station	Sujatapuram	42 km
District headquarters	Mysore	50 km

Villages closest to Kittur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Heggadadevankote tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kittur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kittur village had a population of 2,961. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Kittur village has 1,505 males and 1,456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kittur has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Kittur is 571116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kittur covers 1246.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kittur falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kittur is Sujatapuram, about 42 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kittur.

Kittur is about 50 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kittur is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Heggadadevankote is about 13 km away. Hunsūr is about 37 km away. Sujatapuram is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.